I fixed the taskbar for my VistaBlack theme and called it a new name
http://box-look.org/content/show.php/True+Vista?content=71347

Feedback appreciated

Looks good, Albi. I'll give it a run and see what I think over time. I believe IceWM now supports transparency on the taskbar, which should mean you can create a taskbar with a transparent 2-3 pixel upper border that will allow the FULL Vista logo on the start button. I haven't gotten around to trying it yet, myself.

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I fixed the taskbar for my VistaBlack theme and called it a new name
http://box-look.org/content/show.php/True+Vista?content=71347

Feedback appreciated

Looks good, Albi. I'll give it a run and see what I think over time. I believe IceWM now supports transparency on the taskbar, which should mean you can create a taskbar with a transparent 2-3 pixel upper border that will allow the FULL Vista logo on the start button. I haven't gotten around to trying it yet, myself.

Cheers

I just tried this, but it turns pink or black where it's supposed to be transparent. I think transparency only works in the window border, but if you can show me a proof-of-concept of it working in the taskbar i'll try to emulate it.

or does the transparent part not affect clicking on that region of the screen anyway only a few pixels lost...

The menu button is usually the same height as the taskbar. If you are going to have a 2-3 pixel transparent top border on the button, without changing the taskbar or application buttons in the same way, you would get a step up between the menu button and the rest of the taskbar.

The few transparent pixels would remain part of the taskbar, so you would lose 2-3 pixels of any clickable icon that was "behind" that transparent border._________________Actions speak louder than words ... and they usually work when words don't!
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I just tried this, but it turns pink or black where it's supposed to be transparent. I think transparency only works in the window border, but if you can show me a proof-of-concept of it working in the taskbar i'll try to emulate it.

There are a couple of issues here:

1. What version of IceWM are you using?

2. Has your version been compiled with imlib?

3. Have you set ROX as the root window for your desktop?

Any of these could cause problems with transparency. Note this from the IceWM FAQ

Quote:

7.3 What image formats can I use with IceWM?

If IceWM is compiled with the standard xpm libraries, then it can only employ xpm images (as backgrounds, etc.). If, however, IceWM is compiled with "imlib" support, it can display all common image formats including jpeg, gif, png, and tiff.

As for a "proof-of-concept", as I said I haven't tried it yet. It was just offered as a suggestion for your information.

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Don't know how to find this out. However, from reading further down; I AM able to use png images in the theme, but they must be named .xpm. Alpha transparency just messes up the image though.

[quote]3. Have you set ROX as the root window for your desktop?[/qupte]
No

Quote:

As for a "proof-of-concept", as I said I haven't tried it yet. It was just offered as a suggestion for your information.

Hope that helps.

It seems like there needs to be a lot of conditions to get the few extra pixels of the orb LOL. I'm not sure if I'll release it to the public if you really need the latest icewm+imlib+rox desktop for it to work properly, but I want to try to get it working to see if it can be done. If there's also a way to get pseudo-transparency with icewm, I could make some awesome themes.

Thought you might like a little look at Albi's TrueVista with a few little tweaks from me - animated buttons on the titlebar, transparent CPU idle status and a realigned logo on the start button. Enjoy!

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Rox can't be "set" to root window, afaik. What you need to do is to apply the background that Rox is using to the root-window, which can be done with the background setter in the start menu. To have that be automatic, reference my thread on Conky, the editing /root/.xinitrc part.

Or use the old version of Rox, used in Puppy 1.x.x, and I think up through 2.1.2. That version uses the root window.

The only way I can think of to find out what IceWM was compiled with is to find the right IceWM file to run ldd on, and see what it's dependencies are. That won't work if it was compiled statically, but that isn't likely._________________Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree. --Muad'Dib

Thought you might like a little look at Albi's TrueVista with a few little tweaks from me - animated buttons on the titlebar, transparent CPU idle status and a realigned logo on the start button. Enjoy!

BTW, the folder icons are a set I'm modifying for the next CE version of Puppy, so no asking for them yet, eh!

Hey WhoDo i was wondering something, do you have or plan to make a Lite version of EZPup icewm without icons? Not that i don't like them, its just that i spend countless hours changing all the default icons in my jwm version then i usually install EZpup, Because i like the larger icewm taskbar size and the icons in the menu, But i actually like the ones i put. Basically All I'm asking for is a lite version of EZpup that doesn't change any icons what so ever, Maybe even just 1 theme, I always change them all to my default ones anyways, I'm sure other developers of Derivatives would find a tool like that very usefull.
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Hey WhoDo i was wondering something, do you have or plan to make a Lite version of EZPup icewm without icons? Not that i don't like them, its just that i spend countless hours changing all the default icons in my jwm version then i usually install EZpup, Because i like the larger icewm taskbar size and the icons in the menu, But i actually like the ones i put. Basically All I'm asking for is a lite version of EZpup that doesn't change any icons what so ever,

The next version of EZpup will be EZpup 4.0 for Dingo, and it will fit with Barry's icon-changer applet. EZpup will simply supply a small variety of consistent icon themes, among many other look-and-feel features, that can be switched about at will.

EZpup 3.0 won't be upgraded any further. The next CE, TS3.03CE will have most of what is inside EZpup built right into the ISO. That will be possible because it will no longer contain a ROX upgrade, for example, and there are other applications that now exist in the base Puppy so having them in EZpup would be an unnecessary duplication._________________Actions speak louder than words ... and they usually work when words don't!
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